5 Holiday Makeup Looks to Try this Season

‘Tis the season to wear as much glitter, sparkles and shimmer as you possibly can! I know just how hard it is to pick out the right makeup look for Christmas parties or New Year’s Eve, so I’ve gathered five go-to eye holiday makeup looks for you to try! I created step-by-step tutorials to help you replicate these looks! Pick your favorite one to wear out on the town this holiday season!

2. Urban Decay’s Naked 2 Palette Tutorial

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Step 2: Pat “Half-Baked” from your inner-corner to mid-lid, then from mid-lid to outer corner pat in “Chopped.” Be sure to use patting and pressing motions when applying these colors to ensure they adhere to your eyelid. This will make the color a little more intense and will help you avoid fallout.

Step 3: Blend the color “Tease” all over your upper-crease, and then apply “Busted” just below that in your lower-crease. Be sure to bring these colors from outer corner to inner corner.

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Step 4: Pack on the color “Blackout” on the outer-v of your crease and blend it out.

Step 5: Start darkening the crease and outer edges of your eye using cool-tone brown shades. The Tarte Amazonian Clay Palette and Becca Ombre Nudes Palette have some great matte brown shades for this look. After you are happy with the brown shades lightly blend a purple color to your crease. Go in with a black eye shadow on the outer-v of your eye to make the look even more dramatic.

Step 4: In the deeper part of your crease blend Makeup Geek “Americano,” or MAC “Embark,” lightly. Go back in with “ES62 – Toasted Hazelnut” to smooth it out. Keep blending these colors back and forth until you are happy with the amount of pigmentation on your lid. When applying these colors, be sure to bring the colors all the way from inner corner to outer corner. The only part of your lid that should be blank by the end is the middle.

Step 5: Apply Makeup Geek Pigment “Poker Face” JUST in the middle of your lid. Keep the inner corner and outer corner dark. By doing this, it will make your eyes pop and look bigger. To avoid fallout and ruining your makeup, spray your brush with MAC Fix + or eye drops; this will give your eye a more metallic foiled finish.

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(Note: To avoid ruining the rest of your makeup, apply your foundation last so you can wipe away any of the extra shadow that landed on your cheeks.)

Step 6: Add a highlight to your inner corner and brow bone. Any light eye shadow will due as long as it has a gold undertone to it. I like using MAC “Nylon” in my inner corner and Stila “Dune” under my brows. By doing this step, it will make your eyes look more open and give your eyebrow a lifted appearance.

Step 7: Apply liquid eyeliner to the top of your lids and add black kohl to your waterline.

Step 8: Blend out your lower lash-line with the same browns you used in your crease.